Well, the Department of Foreign Affairs has squandered tax dollars to come up with a study telling Harper how best to spin the Afghan mission to the Canadian public.
The study tells him not to use words like, "freedom, democracy, liberty – in combination this phrase comes across as sounding too American."
Instead they want Harper to say Canadian things like, "rebuilding," "restoring," "reconstruction," "hope," "opportunity" and "enhancing the lives of women and children."
Not mentioned seems to be the word "honesty." Then again, prepping the Boss to spin Canadians really doesn't have much to do with honesty, does it?
"The Tory communications problems are compounded by "a general perception that this government is already closely aligned with the U.S. on other fronts," the report states.
"To counter this, the Tories should seek opportunities to "underscore Canadian sovereignty" and quash the view there is an "overly-close, dominant-subservient" relationship between the two countries."
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